Recaps

Ichigo restored his Soul Reaper powers and defeated Ginjo with his Fullbring-infused Tensa Zangetsu. As Ginjo died, Tsukishima stabbed himself, and Yoriichi rushed to heal him.

• Ichigo awakened a new Tensa Zangetsu that fused his Fullbring with his Bankai.
• Ichigo overpowered Ginjo and blasted him into the ruins with Getsuga Tensho.
• Ginjo made one last charge, but Ichigo broke the Cross Guillotine and watched him die.
• Tsukishima used the Book of the End's sword to stab himself in the heart.
• Yoriichi began healing Tsukishima with Kaido and pleaded with him not to die.

Tsukishima died after revealing that his altered past would disappear with him, restoring Orihime, Chad, and the Fullbringers’ true memories. After Shishigawara attacked Yoriichi in revenge, Yoriichi killed him, and Ichigo defended the decision as necessary to protect his family.

• Tsukishima told Yoriichi that Book of the End’s inserted pasts would vanish when he died, and Yoriichi stopped trying to heal him.
• Tsukishima recalled how Ginjo had once helped him and asked Yoriichi to spare Riruka, Giriko, Jackie, and Yukio if they stopped trying to steal powers.
• Tsukishima died, and the ripple from his body erased the altered pasts, restoring Orihime’s and the Fullbringers’ real memories.
• Shishigawara charged at Yoriichi to avenge Tsukishima, but Yoriichi restrained him with Rikujōkōrō and killed him.
• Ichigo told Orihime that he would also have killed someone with power who hated him, because he would not risk his family’s safety again.

After Ginjo and Tsukishima died, the surviving Xcution members left without seeking revenge, and Ichigo reunited with his family. Yoriichi returned to the Soul Society through the damaged Dangai, expecting trouble over the destruction and his overdue report.

• Riruka, Jackie, Giriko, and Yukio rejected revenge and left after Yoriichi warned them to stay away from Ichigo's family.
• Ichigo and Yoriichi returned to the Kurosaki Clinic, where Karin's memories had returned and Yuzu and Isshin welcomed them home.
• The next morning, Yoriichi entered the Senkaimon and found the Dangai riddled with cracks, with the Kōryū gone.
• Yoriichi realized that his return to the Soul Society would likely bring a severe scolding for the damage.

Yoriichi returned to Seireitei and told Ukitake how Ichigo defeated Kūgo Ginjō, while questioning the Soul Society’s handling of Substitute Soul Reapers. He learned that the Captain-Commander had ordered him to report to the First Division and reluctantly set off to face him.

• Yoriichi returned to Seireitei and noticed division members avoiding him because the Captain-Commander had summoned him.
• Yoriichi visited Ukitake and recounted how Tsukishima altered the past, Ginjo stole Ichigo’s Fullbring, and Ichigo regained his powers and killed Ginjo.
• Yoriichi challenged Ukitake over the Soul Society’s failure to warn Ichigo about Ginjo and its continued monitoring of Substitute Soul Reapers.
• Ukitake told Yoriichi that the Captain-Commander had ordered him to report to the First Division as soon as he returned.
• Yoriichi left for the First Division, dreading the explanation the Captain-Commander would demand.

Yoriichi arrived at the First Division expecting Yamamoto to question him about the World of the Living mission, but Yamamoto made him wait in the kendo hall. The two sat in silence until Yamamoto grew irritated by Yoriichi’s calm patience.

• Yoriichi delayed his walk to the First Division by greeting colleagues and stopping to watch carp in a pond.
• Yoriichi entered the First Division and learned from Sasakibe that Yamamoto was waiting for him in the kendo hall.
• Yoriichi tried to leave and finish his mission report first, but Yamamoto called him inside.
• Yamamoto sat silently across from Yoriichi, expecting him to explain the mission without prompting.
• Yoriichi closed his eyes and rested through the silence, frustrating Yamamoto until he finally opened his eyes.

Yamamoto challenged Yoriichi to a match using only wooden swords, and the two tested their swordsmanship without reiatsu. After their practice ended in repeated draws, Yamamoto praised Yoriichi’s talent and served him tea.

• Yamamoto asked Yoriichi to practice swordsmanship with him using wooden swords instead of Zanpakuto.
• Yoriichi and Yamamoto exchanged precise attacks and counters while keeping their strength at an ordinary person's level.
• The pair reached several draws, and Chōjirō Sasakibe listened in surprise from outside the training hall.
• Yamamoto ended the match and told Yoriichi that his swordsmanship talent was unlike anything he had seen.
• Yamamoto and Yoriichi returned to the tea table, where Yamamoto personally brewed Yoriichi a cup of tea.

Yoriichi challenged Yamamoto over Soul Society’s pursuit of the Fullbringers, and Yamamoto explained that he considered uncontrolled armed forces a threat to the Three Realms’ stability. Yoriichi understood Yamamoto’s reasoning but remained unconvinced, leaving the disagreement unresolved.

• Yoriichi told Yamamoto that Soul Society had wronged the Fullbringers, who had sought to remove their powers rather than attack Soul Society.
• Yamamoto described how he established the Seireitei’s institutions to bring order to Soul Society and give ordinary souls a path to rise.
• Yamamoto revealed that Unohana had once been known as Yachiru Unohana, a notorious killer who became the First Kenpachi.
• Yamamoto explained that he opposed Ginjo’s organization because he feared uncontrolled Fullbringers could grow into a force that threatened the balance of the Three Realms.
• Yoriichi reflected that he understood Yamamoto’s choice but still disagreed, as Soul Society’s actions and the Fullbringers’ revenge had caused more deaths without solving the original problem.

Yamamoto sent Yoriichi to teach at Shin'ō Academy so he could learn more about ordinary Soul Reapers and Soul Society. He also told Yoriichi that the damage to the Dangai would be deducted from his captain's allowance, leaving Yoriichi facing centuries of compensation.

• Yamamoto acknowledged Yoriichi's doubts about Soul Society but warned him not to judge it based only on its failures.
• Yamamoto ordered Yoriichi to teach at Shin'ō Academy, where he could learn about the people who would join the Gotei 13.
• Yoriichi accepted the assignment after Yamamoto explained that he had not yet become part of Soul Society beyond his experiences as a captain.
• Yamamoto excused Yoriichi from writing a report about the World of the Living mission but said his allowance would pay for the Dangai's damage.
• Yoriichi argued that Ichigo, Isshin Kurosaki, and Kisuke Urahara should share the cost, while Yamamoto left him to settle the matter and told him to report to the academy the next day.

After Yamamoto assigned Yoriichi to teach at Shin'ō Academy, Yoriichi returned to the Third Division and left its affairs in Kira's hands. The next morning, he arrived at the academy and was led to meet an instructor whose identity was kept secret.

• Yoriichi returned to the Third Division, still upset about losing centuries of captain's allowances.
• Kira reported that the division was running normally, but Yoriichi told him not to mention funding and said he would be teaching at Shin'ō Academy.
• Yoriichi left the Third Division's affairs to Kira, who assured him he would manage them.
• Yoriichi arrived at Shin'ō Academy the next morning and learned from a middle-aged instructor that Yamamoto was its headmaster.
• The instructor showed Yoriichi students training and said he would meet another instructor before his teaching arrangements were finalized.

Yoriichi met Gin Ichimaru teaching swordsmanship at Shin'ō Academy and learned that Gin had devoted his life to avenging Rangiku Matsumoto after Aizen stole part of her soul. Gin explained that he had failed to kill Aizen but had found a quieter life teaching students, and he offered to help Yoriichi learn how to teach.

• Yoriichi visited a swordsmanship training ground at Shin'ō Academy and recognized Gin Ichimaru teaching the students.
• After the students resumed practicing, Gin walked with Yoriichi and revealed that he had been teaching at the Academy for a while.
• Yoriichi asked why Gin did not return to Seireitei as a captain, and Gin explained that he had become a Soul Reaper to get close to Aizen and avenge Rangiku.
• Gin described his failed attempt to kill Aizen and said he was now content teaching students who would go on to serve in the Gotei 13.
• Gin asked Yoriichi whether he wanted help learning how to teach students.

Yoriichi prepared to teach at Shin'ō Academy after Gin Ichimaru gave him advice and challenged him to deliver a speech worthy of Aizen. With more than six hundred students gathered to hear him, Yoriichi began his address, leaving what he would say unrevealed.

• Gin Ichimaru advised Yoriichi to identify each student's weaknesses and help them correct them.
• Gin told Yoriichi to address the students and encouraged him to prepare a speech by comparing him to Aizen.
• Yoriichi sat down to meditate and plan an encouraging speech for the students.
• Gin gathered more than six hundred students and introduced Yoriichi as the Third Division Captain who had defeated Sōsuke Aizen and saved the Three Realms.
• Gin handed the platform to Yoriichi, and Yoriichi began his speech before the silent students.

Yoriichi delivered a lecture at Shin'ō Academy about training, responsibility, and using power to protect others, then coached students in Kidō, Hakuda, and Shunpo. Their enthusiasm strengthened his resolve to help improve the Soul Society, while Yamamoto received a report about Yoriichi's visit.

• Yoriichi told the students that power was meant to serve others and that training required practice, failure, and honest self-assessment.
• Yoriichi demonstrated Hekyō's Shikai and joked that captains could not release Bankai within the Seireitei because it would violate regulations.
• Yoriichi coached students through problems with Byakurai, Hakuda, and Shunpo, helping them improve their techniques.
• Seeing the students' enthusiasm, Yoriichi decided to work toward improving the Soul Society himself.
• Yamamoto received a document detailing Yoriichi's visit to Shin'ō Academy.

Yamamoto discussed Yoriichi as a possible future successor, believing his strength, character, and sense of responsibility could suit him to lead Soul Society after further growth. Unaware of the discussion, Yoriichi headed to the Twelfth Division to settle compensation for the Dangai with Mayuri Kurotsuchi.

• Yamamoto read a report on Yoriichi's teaching at Shin'ō Academy and praised his work.
• Yamamoto told Sasakibe that Yoriichi might eventually succeed him, though he would need to grow and prove he could shoulder Soul Society's burdens.
• Sasakibe agreed that Yoriichi had the qualities of a responsible leader, while noting that he still needed to learn when to give up.
• Yamamoto said Sasakibe could assist Yoriichi after his own retirement, but Sasakibe insisted he would retire alongside Yamamoto.
• Yoriichi left Shin'ō Academy and headed to the Twelfth Division to discuss Dangai compensation with Mayuri Kurotsuchi.

Yoriichi visited Mayuri to negotiate the compensation for the Dangai damage, but Mayuri offered to waive his share if he investigated strange Reishi activity. The chapter ended with Yoriichi learning that a covert Soul Reaper squad had disappeared while investigating those anomalies.

• Yoriichi searched the Twelfth Division Barracks for Mayuri, and Nemu led him to the underground laboratory.
• Yoriichi asked Mayuri to reduce or waive the Dangai repair bill, but Mayuri refused and warned that fighting in the lab could add millions of kan to the debt.
• Yoriichi suggested splitting the cost with Ichigo Kurosaki and Kisuke Urahara, prompting Mayuri to offer a different arrangement.
• Mayuri showed Yoriichi monitoring data revealing unknown Reishi transit traces through the Dangai with Karakura Town as their destination.
• Mayuri told Yoriichi that a covert reconnaissance squad he sent to investigate had gone missing and asked him to investigate the Dangai anomalies.

Yoriichi accepted Mayuri Kurotsuchi’s mission to investigate an anomaly in the Dangai and secured permission to travel to the World of the Living. Before leaving, he promised Yamamoto that he would seek ways to improve Soul Society, and Yamamoto pledged to support future reforms.

• Mayuri Kurotsuchi gave Yoriichi a pager and ordered him to report anything unusual he found while investigating the Dangai anomaly.
• Yoriichi returned to the Third Division barracks and had Izuru Kira prepare travel papers for the World of the Living.
• Yoriichi informed Yamamoto about the anomaly and the missing reconnaissance team, then discussed Soul Society’s decayed but stable system with him.
• Yamamoto promised to help Yoriichi carry out reforms if he found a way to improve Soul Society while preserving its stability.
• Yamamoto approved Yoriichi’s travel papers, and Yoriichi assured Sasakibe that he hoped Soul Society could become better.

Yoriichi investigated anomalous Reiatsu in the damaged Dangai and learned from Mayuri Kurotsuchi that its source lay in an unstable spatial crevice. As he prepared to leave after completing his mission, an unseen figure attacked him.

• Yoriichi entered the Dangai and followed the black cube’s signal through the wreckage left by his battle with Ichigo.
• Yoriichi found a deep fissure where the device detected an anomaly and contacted Mayuri Kurotsuchi rather than entering it blindly.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi analyzed the fissure remotely and determined that the Reiatsu signatures came from a hidden spatial crevice in another layer of space.
• Mayuri Kurotsuchi declared Yoriichi’s mission complete, but Yoriichi sensed someone nearby and dodged a blade thrust into the rock where he had stood.

Yoriichi encountered Gigai replicas of Shunsui Kyōraku and Jūshirō Ukitake in the Dangai and learned they were acting under someone named Kagerōza. He released Hekyō as the two replicas prepared to fight, leaving the battle about to begin.

• Shunsui Kyōraku and Jūshirō Ukitake appeared, and Ukitake destroyed Mayuri Kurotsuchi’s black cube before Mayuri could finish asking Yoriichi for help.
• Yoriichi used the Transparent World and identified the two men as Captain-level Gigai with artificial Reishi circuits.
• The Kyōraku replica reported that Yoriichi Tsugikuni was the target, while the Ukitake replica recommended capturing him and named Kagerōza.
• Yoriichi drew Hekyō, gathered Reishi from the Dangai, and released the blade with the Breath of the Sun.
• The two Gigai released Katen Kyōkotsu and Sōgyo no Kotowari as they faced Yoriichi.

Yoriichi fought and defeated the Reigai Kyōraku and Reigai Ukitake in the Dangai by exploiting their copied abilities and combat habits. After executing them, he considered negotiating a better reward from Mayuri Kurotsuchi.

• Reigai Kyōraku and Reigai Ukitake attacked Yoriichi together, using their Shikai abilities and coordinated tactics.
• Yoriichi used the Transparent World and close-range attacks to evade Ukitake’s reflected Reiatsu and counter Kyōraku’s strikes.
• Yoriichi illuminated the shadows to expose Kyōraku, then injured him to draw Ukitake into a trap.
• Yoriichi restrained Ukitake with Bakudō and broke the cord of Sōgyo no Kotowari, disabling his Shikai.
• Yoriichi bound and executed both Reigai, then wondered whether to ask Mayuri Kurotsuchi for a better reward.

Yoriichi brought two Reigai of Shunsui Kyōraku and Jūshirō Ukitake to Mayuri Kurotsuchi, whose examination connected them to Inaba Kagerōza. After collecting his promised reward and leaving debt-free, Yoriichi headed to the First Division to warn the Captain-Commander that Seireitei might be in danger.

• Yoriichi secured the damaged Reigai of Shunsui Kyōraku and Jūshirō Ukitake and carried them to Mayuri Kurotsuchi's laboratory.
• Mayuri examined the Reigai and learned from Yoriichi that they had reported to someone named Kagerōza.
• Mayuri sent Nemu Kurotsuchi to find Inaba Kagerōza, but she reported that he was missing from the seventh seat's research room and that his Reiatsu could not be detected.
• Mayuri chose to study the Reigai before searching for Inaba Kagerōza and sent Yoriichi away after confirming he would receive his reward.
• Yoriichi left the Twelfth Division pleased that his Dangai debt had been waived, then realized the Reigai could pose a wider threat.
• Yoriichi changed course for the First Division to warn the Captain-Commander and urge greater vigilance in Seireitei.

Yoriichi reported Inaba Kagerōza’s captain-level Reigai and their connection to Karakura Town to Yamamoto, who authorized him to investigate. Yamamoto then convened the captains, revealed the threat, and placed the Seireitei on full combat readiness.

• Yoriichi told Yamamoto that he had fought Reigai duplicates of Kyōraku and Ukitake in the Dangai and traced the Reishi flow to Karakura Town.
• Yoriichi identified Inaba Kagerōza as the mastermind and received permission to investigate Karakura Town while warning Yamamoto that Reigai might have infiltrated the Seireitei.
• Yamamoto ordered Sasakibe to convene an emergency captains’ meeting and summon Mayuri Kurotsuchi with his research results.
• Mayuri told the captains that Yoriichi had defeated and retrieved Reigai copies of Kyōraku and Ukitake, and revealed that Inaba Kagerōza had fled into hiding.
• Yamamoto suppressed the captains’ growing suspicion of one another and ordered the Seireitei to strengthen patrols, seal major passages, and prepare for a possible Reigai invasion.

Ichigo Kurosaki encountered Nozomi Kujō after she fell through a spatial rift into Karakura Town, then protected her from masked Soul Reapers pursuing her. Nozomi distrusted Ichigo and collapsed, so he carried her toward the Kurosaki Clinic while the reason for the pursuit remained unknown.

• Ichigo noticed a spatial rift open above the street, and Nozomi Kujō fell out, exhausted and wary.
• Kon lunged at Nozomi, but she kicked him away and accused Ichigo of being a Soul Reaper sent to capture her.
• Three masked Soul Reapers emerged from the rift and attacked Nozomi, so Ichigo transformed and drove them back.
• The masked Soul Reapers retreated through the unstable rift, which then closed before Ichigo could learn who they were.
• Nozomi rejected Ichigo's help, argued with him, and kicked Kon into a trash can before collapsing from exhaustion.
• Ichigo picked up Nozomi and her Asauchi and carried her toward the Kurosaki Clinic with Kon in his schoolbag.

Nozomi Kujō encountered three Hollows while fleeing through Karakura Town, and Kon risked his life to protect her. His sacrifice awakened Nozomi's Shikai, Benihikō, and she defeated the Hollows before thanking Kon.

• Nozomi Kujō left the Kurosaki Clinic with her Zanpakuto, and Kon followed her through the streets of Karakura Town.
• Three Hollows emerged from a Garganta and attacked Nozomi, who was too exhausted to fight them.
• Kon shielded Nozomi and struck one Hollow, then endured another's blow rather than abandon her.
• Nozomi pulled Kon behind her and awakened her Shikai, Benihikō, which absorbed a Hollow's Cero.
• Nozomi fired the stored Reiatsu from Benihikō and destroyed all three Hollows.
• After Benihikō reverted to an Asauchi, Nozomi thanked Kon for protecting her.

Ichigo pursued Nozomi Kujō after sensing a powerful Reiatsu surge, but a rift opened above Karakura Town and Nozomi fled from the pursuers she knew had found her. Ichigo followed to protect her, and they arrived at a barrier that had knocked her down, with a powerful Reiatsu waiting ahead.

• Ichigo found Nozomi Kujō exhausted after she returned the battered Kon, and she rejected his offer of help.
• A black rift opened above Karakura Town, releasing captain-level Reiatsu, and Nozomi realized her pursuers had found her.
• Nozomi urged Ichigo to stay away and ran from the rift, but Ichigo transformed into a Soul Reaper and chased after her.
• Kon took over Ichigo's body while Ichigo pursued Nozomi with Zangetsu.
• A space barrier blocked Nozomi at an intersection, knocked her down, and sent her Asauchi skidding away.
• Ichigo arrived behind Nozomi and sensed a powerful Reiatsu ahead.

Ichigo Kurosaki confronted Reigai versions of Byakuya Kuchiki and Tōshirō Hitsugaya when they came to take Nozomi Kujō, and learned they believed she posed a threat to the Soul Society. He refused to let them take her, and Byakuya released Senbonzakura as Hitsugaya froze the street exits.

• Byakuya Kuchiki and Tōshirō Hitsugaya appeared and ordered Ichigo Kurosaki to let them take Nozomi Kujō.
• Nozomi revealed that the two captains were Reigai created by Kagerōza, with the originals’ abilities and combat habits.
• Byakuya said Nozomi could absorb and release Reiatsu, making her a potential threat to the Soul Society.
• Ichigo refused to abandon Nozomi, and she urged him to leave while he told her to retrieve her sword and escape.
• Hitsugaya froze the street exits as Byakuya drew his Zanpakuto and released Senbonzakura.

Ichigo fought Byakuya Kuchiki while trying to protect Nozomi Kujō from Tōshirō Hitsugaya, but the battle damaged the residential neighborhood. He carried Nozomi away across the rooftops as Byakuya and Hitsugaya pursued them, hoping to lead them somewhere open.

• Byakuya Kuchiki overwhelmed Ichigo with Senbonzakura, while Ichigo held back from using Getsuga Tenshō to avoid harming nearby residents.
• Ichigo discovered Nozomi Kujō had stayed behind, and Tōshirō Hitsugaya revealed that ice had sealed off both intersections.
• Ichigo promised to protect Nozomi, but Byakuya Kuchiki fired Hadō #63: Raikōhō and blasted apart part of the street.
• When Tōshirō Hitsugaya moved to seize Nozomi, Ichigo drove him back, picked her up, and fled toward the rooftops.
• Byakuya Kuchiki and Tōshirō Hitsugaya chased Ichigo as he crossed rooftops, seeking somewhere open to continue the fight.